Tag: inference to the best explanation

April 26, 2022, 4:55 PM

Imagine that you took your 4×4 truck off-roading and you returned home with the truck covered in mud.

November 16, 2021, 5:12 PM

Wilder Penfield concluded that free will is not in the brain — it is an immaterial power of the mind.

August 16, 2021, 4:24 AM

Philosopher James Croft happens to think that absent background knowledge, “Aliens!” would be a weakly justified hypothesis.

August 13, 2021, 3:55 PM

I think he’s mistaken my emphasis in the specific car break-in examples I gave, namely that the burglars’ behavior was odd and unpredictable.

August 6, 2021, 4:27 PM

The wet-washcloth sensation of puppy tongue on baby cheeks is part of the baby’s evidence that Puppy exists.